Messaging app Signal said in a statement it cannot add backdoors to its product in order to comply with Australia’s Assistance and Access Bill, ZDNet reports. Signal Developer Joshua Lund wrote in a blog post the company does not have access to the keys that protect the “end-to-end encrypted contents of every message.” Lund added Signal expects interactions with the Australian government will end up in a situation where the app is banned in the country. “Although we can't include a backdoor in Signal, the Australian government could attempt to block the service or restrict access to the app itself,” Lund wrote. “Historically, this strategy hasn't worked very well.”
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